As of May 31, 2014, online functionality, including network multiplayer and wireless chat, will no longer be available for this title. We regret any disappointment as a result of the shutdown of the services supporting these online features.

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As of May 31, 2014, online functionality, including network multiplayer and wireless chat, will no longer be available for this title. We regret any disappointment as a result of the shutdown of the services supporting these online features.

About This Game

Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Star Wars Empire at War: From the lives of soldiers to the deaths of planets, you are the supreme galactic commander. It is a time of galactic civil war. Take up the reins of the Rebellion or assume control for the Empire. Whichever you choose, it will be up to YOU to steer your side to ultimate victory. Command everything from individual troops to starships and even the mighty Death Star as you execute campaigns on the ground, in space and across the galaxy. Forget tedious resource gathering – just jump straight into the heart of the action. You can even change Star Wars history! Every decision affects your next battle and every battle helps shape the fate of the galaxy.

Conquer or liberate over 80 ground and space locations including Kashyyyk, Tatooine and Dagobah – each with its own strategic advantage.

Pit X-wings against TIE fighters or command an entire fleet of Star Destroyers in space. Then send down land forces to secure the planet below.

Star Wars® Empire at War™: Forces of Corruption™: You’ve played the light side. You’ve played the dark side. Now play the corrupt side! As Tyber Zann you’ll stop at nothing to become the most notorious criminal leader since Jabba the Hutt. With all new tactics like piracy, kidnapping, racketeering and bribery, you can control the shadowy forces of corruption in your attempt to rule the Star Wars underworld. Don’t just control the galaxy…corrupt it!

All new units and planets: Command over 28 new underworld units as well as new Rebel and Imperial forces and heroes on 13 new planets.

Expanded Multiplayer: Experience all out, three-faction battles and now play the same side against itself with mirror play.

Plenty of bang for your buck, with three campaigns, about a dozen turn-based conquest modes, and classic skirmish battles. However, if you're an experienced RTS fan, you might find the ground battles lacking. The unit controls are imprecise, the balance questionable, and the pop limit placed painfully low.

That said, the space battles are magnificent. Each class of ship has its place, and the pop limit gives you far more breathing room. The game just shines here.

And when vanilla bores you, check out some of the mods on moddb. I personally recommend the Revenge of Thrawn and Republic at War projects, both of which introduce a plethora of new units familiar to longtime Star Wars fans.

Star Wars: Empire at War is a real-time strategy game from Petroglyph and published by LucasArts, the best strategy game in Star Wars franchise. Gold Pack also include the expansion pack Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption in one package.

Star Wars: Empire at War takes place before and to the event of Episode IV, to the Battle of Yavin, while the expansion pack, Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption follows the underworld faction Tyber Zann with the Zann Consortium.

Star Wars: Empire at War gameplay is more like map conquest called galaxy conquest since this is the Star Wars galaxy, you start on a galactic map, establishes bases on planets like Coruscant, Tatooine or Naboo, build up armies and galactic fleet, then engage in space or ground battles on map in real epic battles. You get to command the Star Destroyer fleet with the Galactic Empire or squadrons of X-wing with the Rebel Alliance. This game can entertain you for many hours.

While Star Wars: Empire at War has great gameplay, the graphics are somewhat, inadequate for me. Kind of like, ugly, but at least has some detail. The effect are not that great too, except for the Death Star. The performance are great nevertheless.

The one of many greatest thing about this game is that there are many mods out there making this game even more interesting and fun, like Republic at War or Thrawn Revenge, try them.

The downside of this game is with the expansion pack, Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption, it still have many minor bugs that left unfixed. Although the bugs won't hinder your gameplay at all, but it is somewhat annoying.

Very addicting game Star Wars: Empire at War is for strategy fans, you get to fight twice to capture a planet, a space battle and planetary battle. I recommend this.

Theres nothing i love more then laying waste to rebel planets, leading vast armadas against the enemies of the empire and destroying entire planets with the death star. If you love mercilessly killing rebels this is the game for you. 11/10

I've spent so many hours playing this game. First impressions were pretty mediocre, but once I got into it the pay off was great. Definitely satisfying sweeping the galaxy clean of imperials or rebels in whichever strategy you like.

I'm at a point in my gaming career where I've stoppped caring about graphics as an integral part of a game (if it doesn't need to be to get a point across i.e. a horror game with specific shadowing etc.) so I easily look past the simplicity of Empire at War and just enjoy listening to a podcast or two in the background while I manage and conquer.

I remember this game before it had the expansion, and I remember the funny, glitchy things which as a young kid I did not care about. After the expansion, I remember putting hours into trying to beat the campaign (I was about 10-12 years old), and havinig to reload from the last save on some of the hardest missions ever(many I still remember). I recently bought this game, and, amidst the nostalgia, had tons of fun. My only drawback was I could not get multiplayer to work, and skirmishes get a little boring after a time. Besides a few imbalances (corrouption in galctic conquest, Garm Bel Iblis, etc...) the game is very enjorable. If you have not played it, get it, If you remember playing it, get it. Probably one of the best RTS games I have played.

Star Wars Empire At War Gold is a super fun RTS game. It allows you to take control of either the Empire or the Rebellion (Also a faction called the Zann Consortium in the forces of corruption). They both play uniquely, and differ majorly on tech, the rebellion stealing tech from the empire, and the Empire making their own. You fight for control, sending fleets of starships into battle over planets, before launching seperate ground forces to completely conquer the planet. The gameplay is good, easy to control units and good user interface for anyone just coming into the genre. The Forces of corruption is a good addition to the game, allowing you to corrupt planets as well as take them over, giving you access to lots of nefarious things, even allowing you to enslave certain races, using them for cheap soldiers. The game is very good, and I give it a 8/10.

The galactic campagains in this offer a real time strategy experience, but one that can last for hours if not days instead of 40 minutes unlike many other RTSs. Although be warned if someone plays Consortium you are in for a rough time of it!

The fleet units are quite faithful to the rest of the SW lore but you might spot some discrepencies, the Starvipers shouldn't be in production this early, and the Mon Calimari's ships are a little to identical compared to how each should be its own work of art, but other than that.

Star Wars Empire at War combines a great combination of ground and space combat which not only looks great but also plays well.

The game works around the idea of a galactic map with planets that you control. these create a general map that you have to conquer, each planet can change control to whoever conquers it and has two levels of defence that you can have.Ground defence allows you to have fight in traditional RTS ways where you have to eliminate the hostile forces to capture the planet or stop an invasion force.

Space combat allows you to bring large or small ships into combat using RTS gameplay, this creates great combat and gives you the oportunity to play as you want. there can also be a space station and defences that you can build / destroy making space combat vary in each fight.

the game in general is good fun for anyone who likes RTS games with a unique take on the genre. i find that it is enjoyable and the game has its own fan made expansion which completely overhauls the game and changes the empire and rebels to republic and federation. This allows for an entirely new type of gameplay as the new units have far more weapon spots and units which makes your screen light up with turbo lasers.

the expansion however can run a bit slugish if you go insane and spam battledroids as the game tanks and doesnt run too well.

in general i would say if you like RTS conquest games then give this a shot, its pretty cheap now and the free expansion Republic at War allows for a near whole new game.

Im not a real big RTS fan but being a Star Wars Fan i tought i would give this a go !! I remember playing this years back.I think this game has one of the best tutorials i have ever seen in a RTS game hands down.Even thoe this game is old it still holds up to most of the RTS games of today,even thoe like i said not a fan of this genre ;) I think one of the coolest things in this game is the Cinamatic View button during battles.

So if i think this game is real good and im not really into RTS games, i think any RTS fan would love this game 100% Star Wars or not !!

This game is amazing, sure its a bit buggy but the epic battles you can craft and the amount of lasers firing on screen is enough for me, plus the game has a very strong modding community so you will never get bored

A great and beautiful RTS game. A very active mod community producing wonders such as Republic At War. The normal game is already worth the money, but with all the mods it is a great deal. Well worth the guy at $6.